ON THE RETURN OF DAN RATHER TO CBS TELEVISION

 Newser reports that after a 2 decade hiatus, former CBS anchor of its nightly newscast, Dan Rather, will return to the network on a Sunday morning program.  He had been caught in using questionable documents to challenge the accuracy of George Bush's service in the National Guard.  I know little of that controversy, and say nothing about that.  However, what about Rather's other reportage?  Below is the comment which I just left on the Newser comment site.  Hugh Murray

Dan reported what the govt wanted. He was one of the first to meet with Zapruder and watch the film of the assassination, and Rather assured his TV audience that JFK's head went forward due to the shot to his head coming from behind. A new book by Mantik and Corsi confirms that the head shots came from the front, and that is why Jackie had to pick up a piece of her husband's brains from the back of the limo. It took the brave NO DA, Jim Garrison,  to show the by then hidden Zapruder film to a court room in New Orleans to show JFK's head moves backward, confirming the Parkland Hospital accounts that the throat wound and perhaps other wounds came from the front.

Rather reported what the govt wanted, and would readily lie to achieve its ends. US agencies worked with many reporters during the Cold War. Was Rather one, too? Rather, like the other major anchors, all promoted the Lee Oswald, lone assassin, fantasy.

And to bring that story up-to-date, during this past week at one  of the trials of former President Trump, we learn that the editor of the National Enquirer, a friend of Mr. Trump, paid some women for their stories of sex with Trump, paid big figures by the way, and then the stories were not published at all, killed, so few would hear about the claims (whether true of false).  Some probably see this as proof of Trump's guilt of something.  Or not?

Back to Dan Rather - he was one of the first to contact Zapruder, the only person in Dealy Plaza filming the motorcade when the shots rang out.  Rather reported Kennedy's head went forward during the fatal shot(s).  As I recall, the film was purchased by Time Corp. and printed in its sister picture magazine, Life.  If I recall correctly, some of the pictures were printed out of order.  This was not detected immediately, but only after people began to question the official version of the assassination.  But after that, the Zapruder film was not shown, not on the CBS, NBC, or ABC news programs.  It was like one of the stories of the women who wanted $ from Trump.  Their stories had been killed; and so had the Zapruder film.  A few illicit copies seem to have gotten out.  The first showing of the Zapruder film, real or illicit, was that shown in court by DA Jim Garrison in New Orleans during the trial of Clay Shaw.  News reporters from all over the world were covering the trial and could see the film that had been killed so the American people could not see it.  And what did they see?  Kennedy's head may have moved slightly forward, but for the fatal shot(s), Kennedy's head was thrust backward.  This is why Jackie Kennedy had to crawl atop the back trunk to scoop up some of her husband's brain - rather than her going forward to find remnants of JFK.  Did Rather lie to the American people about the film?  Because the Zapruder film showed Kennedy's head thrusting backwards, is this why it disappeared from tv until the Garrison trial?  I suspect that many of the people who decry the suppression of the stories of the women who accuse Trump, are also those who would support the govt suppression of the Zapruder film, achieved indirectly through Time, as later done indirectly through Mr Pecker at National Enquirer.